ITC Finds SanDisk’s Lawsuits Against Rivals Partly Unenforceable.

SanDisk Corp. has issued a statement claiming that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) had issued an initial determination which found that certain accused flash memory products did not infringe the remaining two SanDisk United States Patents. Potentially this means that the lawsuit filed by SanDisk against 25 of its rivals is partly unenforceable.

“SanDisk is disappointed by the initial determination of the administrative law judge. We will continue to vigorously pursue actions against companies that use SanDisk’s patented technology without a license. SanDisk expects that the initial determination will not adversely impact existing licensing agreements or the royalties expected from those agreements” said E. Earle Thompson, vice president and chief intellectual property counsel at SanDisk.